Originally Posted by
mariatherese
The quilting is not so much in the machine as in the feet...
I totally agree with this. I started my creative sewing and quilting on a cheap Janome machine. I've worked up to a more expensive Bernina now, but I turned out some beautiful pieces on that Janome. I even won a prize in the Sulky Challenge back in the day with a garment created on the Janome. The fancy stitches and bells and whistles are nice, but they are definitely not essential to creating beautiful garments. It doesn't take the most expensive machine to do your best work. Creativity comes from inside. Not from the machine.